The Dodgers had their fifth walk off win of the season. This is just amazing. Indeed, the Dodgers are 20–5 at home.
April 15—Dodgers and Padres are tied 4–4 in the bottom of the ninth. Brach walks Rivera. Loney singles. Uribe sacrificed. Brach intentionally walks AJ Ellis. Hairston fouls out. Gordon singles in the game-winning run.
April 28—Dodgers and Nationals are tied 3–3 in the bottom of the tenth after a ninth-inning rally by the Dodgers. Kemp leads off and homers off of Gorzelanny.
May 18—Dodgers and Cardinals are tied 5–5 in the bottom of the ninth. Salas walks Herrera. Ethier strikes out. Kennedy singles. Salas intentionally walks Loney. AJ Ellis walks in the game-winning run.
May 26—Dodgers and Astros are tied 3–3 in the bottom of the ninth. Wright hits Ethier with a pitch. Van Slyke sacrifices off of Lopez. Lopez intentionally walks Loney. AJ Ellis hits a three-run home run.
The 2012 Dodgers have been victimized by four walk-offs (April 17—Kottaras doubles off Guerra; April 18—Braun sacrifices off Guerrier; May 6—DeJesus draws walk off Wright; May 8—Giambi homers off Elbert). Thus, the 2012 Dodgers have lost only 11 games while batting.
In recent years, here's the number of walk off wins and losses the Dodgers have had:
2011: 8 walk-off wins; 7 walk-off losses
2010: 9 walk-off wins (including the balk-off win); 7 walk-off losses
2009: 12 walk-off wins; 8 walk-off losses
2008: 8 walk-off wins; 7 walk-off losses
2007: 6 walk-off wins; 5 walk-off losses
2006: 8 walk-off wins; 9 walk-off losses
(I know there weren't any game-ending balks. If there was a game-ending stolen base, I would have missed it. Any other non-PA events out there? Balk, SB, CS, PO, CI?)
Oh, and 1988: 5 walk-off wins; 9 walk-off losses.
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